User:Torquatus/Nathan Greenberg

Nathan Abraham Greenberg (born August 23, 1928, in Revere, Massachusetts; died November 15, 2015, in Oberlin, Ohio) was an American Classical scholar and faculty member of Oberlin College.

Greenberg was the son of Samuel and Jenny Marti Greenberg and was the youngest of four children. He attended Boys Latin School in Boston, Massachusetts (class of 1946), and then Hebrew Teacher’s College. He went on to earn B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Classics at Harvard University. Greenberg was married to Eva Luzia Greenberg (née Mueller) (July 19, 1929-April 14, 2012) in 1952 and had three children.

He moved to Ohio and Oberlin College in 1956 where he served on the faculty for over four decades. Following Greenberg's retirement, donated funds allowed for the creation of a named professorship in his honor, the Nathan A. Greenberg Professorship. The first faculty member to hold the named chair was Thomas Van Nortwick.

Greenberg's scholarly career, which produced 27 published articles, focused on the literary analysis of Greek and Latin texts. Additionally, he was a pioneer in the use of computers to analyze Classical literature.